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Photographer captures ag beauty

Lynn Grooms
May 16, 2022
May 16, 2022

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Harlen Persinger is captured in a photo with Washington state's Snake River Valley in the background. His friend and fellow photographer Gary Bye took the photo.

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The photo entitled 'Screen Play' wins honors in three photo contests -- sponsored by the National Corn Growers Association, the American Agricultural Editors Association, and Silos and Smokestacks.

Harlen Persinger

A woman motorcyclist in 2013 takes her ducks to market near Da Nang, Vietnam, as Harlen Persinger makes a return visit to the country where he served in the U.S. Army.

Harlen Persinger

Harlen Persinger says the photo he took of an abandoned farm in Saskatchewan reminds him of an Andrew Wyeth painting. 'My forte is photo art; that's my niche,' he says.

Harlen Persinger

Celestine Persinger, a 5-foot, 2-inch woman, stands July 4, 1996, in a corn field. Harlen Persinger says the photo of his mother is his all-time favorite; it's hanging on the wall at his home. The photo won the 'Life on a Iowa Farm' category at the 2004 Iowa State Fair.

Harlen Persinger

The Persinger farm is seen in the 1990s near Grundy Center, Iowa. It hasn't changed much since then, Harlen Persinger says.

Harlen Persinger

Ryegrass in Washington state is baled, being prepared to ship to Japan. From his days of taking photographs for a farm-equipment manufacturer, Harlen Persinger says he learned how to capture tractors and implements as they move along in fields. Just as Persinger was ready to snap his photos, a man drove in to collect the bales.

Harlen Persinger

'America's Breadbasket' is what Harlen Persinger entitles his photo of a wheat harvest near Byers, Colorado. He says he waited four days for clouds to appear in the sky. The cloud formation above the first combine reminds him of a flying eagle. 'Weather is challenging. I always watch radar (for) days before I plan a shoot,' Persinger says.

Harlen Persinger

Harlen Persinger showcases Jersey cattle at Barlass Jerseys near Janesville, Wisconsin.

Harlen Persinger

The best shots involve an interesting angle, the correct balance of light, leading lines that draw the viewer into the scene and a touch of red color, Harlen Persinger says. The photo was taken at a large dairy in California before the bottles were placed in a long line of calf pens.

Harlen Persinger

An early-morning mist hangs over a corn field in July 2020 on the Persinger farm in central Iowa. A month later a powerful derecho flattened the field. 'I lost 30 bushels per acre,' Harlen Persinger says. He took the photo from a corn-crib window.

Harlen Persinger

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Lynn Grooms

MILWAUKEE – The name Harlen Persinger is synonymous with agricultural photography. The Iowa native’s photos have graced the covers of national farm magazines and countless company publications. They’ve been featured in the Peace Corps annual calendar and have won many a photo contest. In 2016 he earned the American Agricultural Editors Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.

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